Prospects of direct growth boron nitride films as substrates for graphene electronics

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-471

  Bresnehan, Michael S ^a   Hollander, Matthew J ^a,b   Wetherington, Maxwell ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Miyagi, Takahira ^a   Pastir, Gregory ^a   Snyder, David W ^a   Gengler, Jamie J ^c,d   Voevodin, Andrey A ^c   Mitchel, William C ^c   Robinson, Joshua A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d 5100 Springfield St Suite 301   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; CVD; Dielectric; Graphene; H BN; Hexagonal boron nitride; Polyborazylene; Transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRAPHENE;

AMMONIA BORANE; H-BN; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; POLYBORAZYLENE; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84894328463     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.323     Document Type: Article

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